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Pic-A-Day (13) Albert Mach Fine Art - 1902 Curved Dash Olds.

Pic-A-Day (13) Albert Mach Fine Art.

1902 Curved Dash Olds.

This was seen at the Owls Head Transportation Museum in Maine.

http://owlshead.org/

Ransom Eli Olds, who gave his name to Oldsmobile, produced the light and dependable Curved Dash model in 1901. It was the first mass produced motor vehicle in history.

In 1903 one was driven from San Francisco to New York, Boston, and Portland, Maine by Lester Whitman and Eugene Hammond. The leg of the trip from California to Boston took 74 days!

Specifications: Model R, two passenger runabout; engine four-cycle, single cylinder, water-cooled, spark ignition; bore 4-inch, stroke 6 inch, displacement: 95 cubic inch.

Price new, $650.

Connections: Fuel, gasoline; Engine, 4-1/2 hp; Starter, Hand crank; Tiller steering power was transmitted by sprocket and chain.

According to Wikipedia,

The gasoline powered Curved Dash Oldsmobile is credited as being the first mass-produced automobile, meaning that it was built on an assembly line using interchangeable parts. It was introduced by the Oldsmobile company in 1901 and produced through 1907. 425 examples were produced the first year, 2,500 in 1902, with over 19,000 built in all.

It was a runabout model, could seat two passengers, and sold for US$650. While competitive, due to high volume, and below the Ford US$850 "Doctor's Car", Western in 1905 produced the Gale Model A roadster at US$500, the Black went as low as $375, and the Success hit the amazingly low US$250.

The flat-mounted water-cooled single-cylinder engine, situated at the center of the car, produced 5 hp (3.7 kW), relying on a brass gravity feed carburetor. The transmission was a semi-automatic design with two forward speeds and one reverse. The low-speed forward and reverse gear system are a planetary type (epicyclic). The car weighed 850 lb (390 kg) and used Concord springs. It had a top speed of 20 mph (32 km/h).

The car’s success was partially by accident — in 1901 a fire destroyed a number of other models before they were approved for production, leaving the Curved Dash the only one intact

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